Dusk slowly washed over the port city, bringing along with it the silence of night. The street lamps dyed the streets of the city red and brought the city back to life, but a suburb lined with the mansions of various nobles and merchants were filled with silence unbefitting their splendor. Soon, the last light of the sunset completely disappeared, and people came flocking to the gates of a mansion where gargoyles stood tall like guardians.

There were dozens of vampires with pale faces and glimmering red eyes. Each of them were wearing clothes or holding weapons symbolizing their respective clans, and they appeared quite nervous at first glance. The lower-ranking vampires were lined up near the courtyard and the main gate, while the well-dressed, higher-ranking vampires entered the mansion one after another. The atmosphere became slightly heated on several occasions, but no one acted carelessly because it was a gathering of the high-ranking members of four clans.

Vampires from the Rivoles, Helmond, Samit, and Todor Clans were present. Although Noferos was missing, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that those gathered were representatives of all vampires in the world. The monarchs of the four clans were set to gather together. And the participants...